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High ALAS2023-2026-2001 4 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Jul 24, 2026 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-53359: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role CVE-2026-53078: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops CVE-2026-46324: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: use list_del_rcu for netlink hooks CVE-2026-45859: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: do shared-unconfirmed check before segmentation

Fixed packages 18

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 bpftool 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 bpftool-debuginfo 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-debuginfo 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-devel 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-headers 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.176-221.367 1:1.0-0.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-modules-extra 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-modules-extra-common 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-tools 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-tools-debuginfo 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-tools-devel 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 perf 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 perf-debuginfo 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-perf 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-perf-debuginfo 1:6.1.176-221.367.amzn2023

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-53359 Public exploit

    KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad ("KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN") fixed a shadow paging mismatch betw…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nf_tables: use list_del_rcu for netlink hooks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: use list_del_rcu for netlink hooks nft_netdev_unregister_hooks and __nft_unregister_flowtable_net_hooks need to use list_del_rcu(), this list can be walked by concurrent…

  • High 7.8

    bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops When a BPF sock_ops program accesses ctx fields with dst_reg == src_reg, the SOCK_OPS_GET_SK() and SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD() ma…

  • High 7.5

    netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: do shared-unconfirmed check before segmentation

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: do shared-unconfirmed check before segmentation Ulrich reports a regression with nfqueue: If an application did not set the 'F_GSO' capability flag and a gso packe…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-45859.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-46324.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-53078.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-53359.html